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- Tags: 158 Squadron
Conversations with Peter Spoden
Tags: 100 Group; 158 Squadron; 227 Squadron; 300 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Fw 190; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 262; Mosquito; pilot; radar; Schräge Musik; shot down; target indicator; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Old enemies new friends
Conversation with Heinz Rökke & Jack Bromfield
Tags: 100 Group; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 408 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; anti-Semitism; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; decoy site; Do 217; evading; FIDO; Fw 190; Halifax; He 111; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Me 163; Me 262; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cranfield; RAF Elvington; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Pocklington; Schräge Musik; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stirling; target indicator; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Conversation with Joe Petrie-Andrews with participation by Jack Bromfield (Halifax wireless operator 158 Squadron).
Warrant Officer Gerry Marion - mid-upper gunner 158 Squadron
Interview with Lionel Horner
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military discipline; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Winthorpe; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Lionel Horner
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military discipline; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Winthorpe; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
78 Squadron history
A second copy is a typed version of this.
Tags: 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 1659 HCU; 1663 HCU; 187 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 297 Squadron; 346 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 4 Group; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 9 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Breighton; RAF Croft; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; Tirpitz; training; Whitley
Conversations with Aubrey "Tommy" Coles
Interview with Aubrey Coles. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 20 OTU; 640 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; radar; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; training; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Interviews with Aubrey Coles
Tags: 158 Squadron; 20 OTU; 640 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; training; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Flying Officer Aubrey "Tommy" Coles DFC
Tags: 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Banff; RAF Bramcote; RAF Finningley; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; RCAF Estevan; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Aubrey Coles’ Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RCAF Caron; RCAF Estevan; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Transcript of conversations with Jack Bromfield
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; 6 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; crewing up; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cosford; RAF Dalton; RAF Evanton; RAF Ford; RAF Lissett; RAF Madley; RAF Melksham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 1; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Telegram to Mr A J Bromfield from Officer Commanding 188 Squadron
Tags: 158 Squadron; missing in action
Four aircrew behind a Halifax
Tags: 158 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Halifax; navigator; RAF Lissett
Flight Sergeant Bromfield JJ - Stalag Luft 1 prisoner of war book
Jack Bromfield’s Royal Air Force Wireless Operator/Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Evanton; RAF Lissett; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
158 Squadron 4 Group Operations
Don Sparkes and crew
On the reverse is printed 'Halifax BIII, NA-221 NP-Z' and the names of the…
Don Sparkes' service record
D Sparkes observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 21 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Lissett; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF Wombleton; training; Wellington